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Researchers uncover key regulation step that inhibits tumor growthDecember 22, 2020 at 11:29 PM Most living things need oxygen to grow and thrive. Even cancerous tumors. That's why tumors will readily sprout new blood vessels if their oxygen is starved, creating new lifelines for survival.Tags: Health 28 people like this. Like Research shows how colanic acid extends lifespan in C. elegansDecember 22, 2020 at 11:22 PM Baylor College of Medicine researcher Meng Wang had already shown that bacteria that make a metabolite called colanic acid (CA) could extend the lifespan of worms in her lab by as much as 50%, but her collaboration with Rice University synthetic biologist Jeffrey Tabor is providing tools to answer the bigger question of how the metabolite imparts longer life.Tags: Health, Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine, Meng Wang, Jeffrey Tabor 25 people like this. Like New study sheds light on the psychology of holiday ritualsDecember 22, 2020 at 11:08 PM In the midst of the raging coronavirus pandemic, we're faced with agonizing decisions about whether to forgo treasured holiday rituals.Tags: Health 44 people like this. Like Study shows how the brain represents causally-controlled objectsDecember 22, 2020 at 10:56 PM We know that the brain can direct thoughts, but how this is achieved is difficult to determine. Researchers at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre have devised a brain machine interface (BMI) that allows mice to learn to guide a cursor using only their brain activity.Tags: Health, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre 9 people like this. Like Study finds sex and age-based differences among youth who experience nonfatal opioid overdoseDecember 22, 2020 at 9:04 PM Results of a national study show significant sex and age-based differences among youth and young adults who experience a nonfatal opioid overdose.Tags: Health 24 people like this. Like First human clinical trial validates the practicality, accuracy of oxygen-sensing liquid bandageDecember 22, 2020 at 9:00 PM In the first human clinical trial, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and surgeons at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have validated the practicality and accuracy of an oxygen-sensing liquid bandage that measures the concentration of oxygen in transplanted tissueTags: Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 15 people like this. Like Early clinical data demonstrates the efficacy of existing drug in treating COVID-19December 22, 2020 at 8:52 PM In what has the potential to significantly change how Corona patients are being treated and the severity of the disease, research spearheaded at Jerusalem's Hebrew University gathered early clinical evidence demonstrating the efficacy of an existing drug in treating COVID-19.Tags: Health, Jerusalem, Corona, Hebrew University 24 people like this. Like Researchers evaluate self-administered 'scratch-and-sniff' tests for COVID-19December 22, 2020 at 8:44 PM A self-administered 'scratch-and-sniff' test for COVID-19 may be around the corner, according to researchers at Penn State, the University of Florida and Arizona State University.Tags: Health, Penn State the University of Florida 27 people like this. Like Truncating mutation locations tied to diversity, severity of autism symptomsDecember 22, 2020 at 8:38 PM One of the most recognizable characteristics of autism is an amazing diversity of associated behavioral symptoms. Clinicians view autism as a broad spectrum of related disorders, and the origin of the disease's heterogeneity has puzzled scientists, doctors, and affected families for decades.Tags: Health 15 people like this. Like New drug starves cancer cells by attacking mitochondriaDecember 22, 2020 at 8:26 PM A newly developed compound starves cancer cells by attacking their "power plants" - the so-called mitochondria.Tags: Health 5 people like this. Like Australia coronavirus live: NSW reports eight more Covid cases as premier modifies Christmas restrictions in SydneyDecember 22, 2020 at 8:22 PM Sydney to keep 10-visitor rule but from 24-26 December children under 12 not counted; lockdown continues in half of northern beaches, but small Christmas gatherings allowed. Follow all the latest news and updates, liveNSW Covid hotspots – list of venues and case locationsBorder restrictions: rules for NSW travellersCovid restrictions and lockdown rules – state by state 1.18am GMT As my Canberra colleague Paul Karp mentioned in an earlier blog post, the Labor leader, Anthony Albanese, told th...Tags: Health, Business, Labor, Abc, Australia, Australia news, Infectious Diseases, Coalition, Australian politics, Queensland, New South Wales, Sydney, Qantas, New South Wales politics, Victoria, Australian trade unions 30 people like this. Like Women suffered more than men from COVID-19 isolationDecember 22, 2020 at 8:17 PM A study by University of Calgary researchers with the Hotchkiss Brain Institute examining sex and gender differences on sleep, empathy and mood during months of isolation due to COVID-19 has found that women are suffering more than men with poorer sleep and more anxiety, depression and trauma, while also feeling more empathetic than men.Tags: Health, University of Calgary, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, COVID 17 people like this. Like Scientists discover molecular defects associated with rare genetic disorder in childrenDecember 22, 2020 at 8:04 PM Damien D'Amours and his team at the Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology needed three years to discover the molecular defects associated with the LIC Syndrome, a serious genetic disorder that affects young children and result in acute respiratory distress, immune deficiency and abnormal chromosomes.Tags: Health, Damien D Amours, Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology 29 people like this. Like Surgery associated with better survival in metastatic breast cancer patientsDecember 22, 2020 at 7:59 PM Surgery, in addition to treatments like chemotherapy and radiation therapy, may increase the length of survival for metastatic breast cancer patients, according to Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Cancer Institute researchers.Tags: Health, Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State Cancer Institute 25 people like this. Like Study finds significantly lower mother-to-newborn transfer of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodiesDecember 22, 2020 at 7:54 PM Pregnant women may be especially vulnerable to developing more severe cases of COVID-19 following SARS-CoV-2 infection, but little is known about their anti-SARS-CoV-2 immune response or how it may affect their offspring.Tags: Health 43 people like this. Like Cancer survivors have greater risk of developing and dying from subsequent primary cancersDecember 22, 2020 at 7:47 PM A new American Cancer Society study finds that adult-onset cancer survivors run a greater risk of developing and dying from subsequent primary cancers (SPCs) than the general population.Tags: Health, American Cancer Society 25 people like this. Like Researchers control cardiac waves with light to study abnormally rapid heart rhythmsDecember 22, 2020 at 7:41 PM Over 300,000 people die each year in the U.S. due to sudden cardiac death. In many cases, sudden cardiac death is caused by abnormally rapid heart rhythms called tachycardias, which means the heart cannot pump adequate blood to the body.Tags: Health 40 people like this. Like Understanding critical care in the ICU: then and now [PODCAST]December 22, 2020 at 7:00 PM  Tags: Health, Infectious Disease, Patient, PA NP, Critical Care, CRNA, COVID, COVID-19 Coronavirus 107 people like this. Like Wearing masks may not be enough to prevent COVID-19 spread at close distancesDecember 22, 2020 at 7:33 PM Simply wearing a mask may not be enough to prevent the spread of COVID-19 without social distancing.Tags: Health 31 people like this. Like Novel tantalum-loaded hydrogel for rapid control of excessive bleedingDecember 22, 2020 at 7:27 PM There are many different events which may lead to excessive and uncontrolled bleeding within the body. This can occur as a result of inflammation and ulcerations, abnormalities in the blood vessels or trauma-related injuries.Tags: Health 18 people like this. Like Australia coronavirus live: NSW reports eight more Covid cases as Gladys Berejiklian announces Christmas restrictions in SydneyDecember 22, 2020 at 7:27 PM Sydney to keep 10-visitor rule but from 24-26 December, but children under 12 not counted; lockdown continues in half of northern beaches, but small visitor bubbles allowed. Follow all the latest news and updates, liveNSW Covid hotspots – list of venues and case locationsBorder restrictions: rules for NSW travellersCovid restrictions and lockdown rules – state by state 12.26am GMT And from the premier’s official press release: Decisions on New Year’s Eve and upcoming sporting events will be ...Tags: Health, Business, Australia, Australia news, Infectious Diseases, Coalition, Australian politics, Queensland, New South Wales, Sydney, Qantas, New South Wales politics, Victoria, Australian trade unions, Industrial relations, South Australia 38 people like this. Like New drug combination improves blood glucose control and weight loss in miceDecember 22, 2020 at 7:12 PM Scientists have shown that adding an experimental cancer drug to a widely used diabetes treatment improves blood glucose control and weight loss in mice, according to a study published today in eLife.Tags: Health 20 people like this. Like The power of public health screening in mitigating the spread of COVID-19December 22, 2020 at 7:08 PM Testing for COVID-19 has been central in the fight against SARS-CoV-2/ COVID-19. While most efforts, including regulations, have focused on testing as a clinical medical diagnostic tool, the most powerful forms of testing to help control the pandemic have rarely been used or recognized, according to Michael Mina, MD, PhD.Tags: Health, MICHAEL MINA, COVID 21 people like this. Like Community burden of COVID-19 linked to survival rates of hospitalized patientsDecember 22, 2020 at 6:59 PM High rates of COVID-19 in the county where a hospital is located appears to reduce survival rates among hospitalized patients with the virus, according to a new study from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and at UnitedHealth Group.Tags: Health, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, COVID 14 people like this. Like Study finds a distinct shift in method of nurse suicidesDecember 22, 2020 at 6:50 PM In a new study, University of California San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Health researchers report that the rate of firearm use by female nurses who die by suicide increased between 2014 to 2017.Tags: Health 4 people like this. Like Community-based programs reduce gender-based violence among teenage boysDecember 22, 2020 at 6:45 PM Through small, neighborhood classes, researchers at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and Promundo-US significantly reduced sexual violence among teenage boys living in areas of concentrated disadvantage.Tags: Health, Pittsburgh, UPMC Children s Hospital, Promundo US 23 people like this. Like Higher consumption of meat linked with increased wheezing in childrenDecember 22, 2020 at 6:24 PM Substances present in cooked meats are associated with increased wheezing in children, Mount Sinai researchers report.Tags: Health, Mount Sinai 46 people like this. Like Cannabis use dampens physiological response to stress in female ratsDecember 22, 2020 at 6:19 PM Female rats that inhaled vaporized cannabis daily for a month developed a blunted physiological response to stress, according to a new study by Washington State University researchers.Tags: Health, Washington State University 50 people like this. Like Anti-diarrhea drug triggers cell death in glioblastoma cellsDecember 22, 2020 at 6:13 PM In cell culture, loperamide, a drug commonly used against diarrhea, proves effective against glioblastoma cells. A research team at Goethe University has now unraveled the drug’s mechanisms of action of cell death induction and – in doing so – has shown how this compound could help attack brain tumors that otherwise are difficult to treat.Tags: Health, Goethe University 6 people like this. Like Research finds persistent disparities in childhood vaccinationDecember 22, 2020 at 5:56 PM There has been continual progress in expanding immunization programs over time, but even before the COVID-19 pandemic, tens of millions of children worldwide were not receiving basic doses of vaccines.Tags: Health 37 people like this. Like |
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